Dr. Susan Quattrociocchi
Dr. Susan Quattrociocchi is Director of the Washington State Initiative, A Call to Parents: How to Cut the High Costs and High Risks of Education After High School and the Northeast Tech Prep Consortium. Both projects are located at Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA. A popular speaker and writer, Susan is a respected authority on the power of parental involvement and the educational needs of young people. Dr. "Q." authored, Help! A Family's Guide to High School and Beyond and co-authored Giving Children Hope and Skills for the 21st Century (with Barbara Peterson). Susan also co-authored, Did Somebody Say College? How to Reduce the Costs and Risks of After-High School Education (with Josephine Cripps). Dr. "Q." also developed a Teen Career Exploration Web site for the Public Broadcasting System, and produced several NPR commentaries on Teen Jobs and Teens and College.
Susan has given hundreds of presentations to parents, teachers, counselors and administrators, as well as done newspaper, radio and TV interviews throughout the nation. She also developed a series of workshops on the high cost of college and provides "train the trainers" workshops for her Call to Parents project in several states.
On a more personal note, Susan raised five children and worked full-time while earning her M.A. and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Michigan.